Science Fact-checker Gifts

'It cures it in chickens, it causes it in mice.'

Fear/Knowledge

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"This is the perfect way to watch movies if you love mosquitoes and having a cold, wet butt."

"Well, either you're hopelessly optimistic or hopelessly short-sighted."

'In a nutshell, foods are drugged and drugs are eaten like food.'

Funky Facts: Football.

"Do you think the flat earth society has members round the globe?"

Reporter #6: television.

Useless information desk at trivia buff convention

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

Skeptic: Critical Thinking, Facts, Debunking.

The Expert

"Perhaps there is such a thing as being too well-informed."

"Dinosaurs are cool!"

"Countless observations and calculations based on the scientific method led me to the conclusion that the center of the universe is not planet earth, but. . ."

'Did you know there's a river in Brazil named after Amazon?'

There are dreams...And then there's reality...

Objects in mirror bear no relation to reality.

"Is that you talking or Wikipedia?"

Rumours Online

"Are these 'raw' facts or 'spun' facts?"

'Apparently, wild hopes and dreams, re-enacted by Barbie and Ken, are no substitute for a solid business plan.'

"That's Eleanor. She's a fact checker."

Since I took command of the company, I have steered a steady course.

"I'm suffering the unbearable loneliness of being right on the internet."

Sense of dread & foreboding Information blackout Illumination Facts known

'Washington has wooden teeth? -- how did you find that out?', 'It came out in conversation.'

"This says you should expect to spend six months and at least $800 building the perfect lowrider bike."

"We've managed to eliminate every problem except the public perception that we're heading in the wrong direction."

Two computers, smaller one labeled DATA, the larger one, HYPE

'If you want a reality check, I'll have to see two pieces of I. D.'

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

"Apparently, over two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water!"

Funky Facts: Turtles.